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An Ethno Botanical Survey of Medicinal Plants in Sillalai, Jaffna International Journal of Herbal Medicine 2014; 1 (6): 22-30 An ethno botanical survey of medicinal plants ISSN 2321-2187 IJHM 2014; 1 (6): 22-30 in Sillalai, Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Received: 09-11-2013 Accepted: 26-12-2013 Lanka Pholtan Rajeev Sebastian Rajamanoharan Pholtan Rajeev Sebastian Rajamanoharan B.S.M.S (Hons.) (SL) Abstract Unit of Siddha Medicine, University An ethno botanical survey was undertaken to record information on medicinal plants from traditional of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. medical practitioners (TMP's) in Sillalai, Jaffna and to identify the medicinal plants used for treating Email: [email protected] diseases. TMP's who were the main informants were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires and open-ended conversations. Field trips were made to the sites where TMP's harvest plants. The survey identified and recorded 300 plants species from 27 plant families, used for treating diseases in Sillalai, Jaffna. The Legominacaea was the most represented plant family while medicinal plants used. The leaf was the most commonly used plant part while concoction and decoction were the most common method of traditional drug preparation. Most medicinal plants (52.7%) are harvested from the wild and commonly available, 27.3% of medicinal plants were cultivated selected areas, 20% rarely present and 0.3% identified first time in Sri Lanka. Knowledge of the use of plants as medicines remains mostly with the older generation with few youth showing an interest. First identified plant was confirmed by a taxonomist. A huge number of plants species are used for treating different diseases in Sillalai, Jaffna. The conventional ethno medicinal plants were mostly used for fever, dysentery, skin diseases, poison bites, wounds, piles, Diabetes Mellitus and rheumatism. Keywords: Medicinal plants, traditional healers, chemical constituents. 1. Introduction Human and Animals live in equilibrium with the natural plants surrounding them, using these plants as sources of food and intuitively or through years of trials and error, as medicine. Traditional medicine refers to health practices, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plants, animals and mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises, applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses or maintain well-being [1, 2, 27, 43]. According to the WHO, about 80% of the population of the world depends on traditional medicine, mostly herbal remedies, for their primary health care needs [3, 24]. A medicinal plant is any plant, which in one or more of its organs contains active ingredients which can be used for therapeutic purposes or contain foundation compounds that can be used for the synthesis of useful drugs [36]. The absence or inaccessibility of modern healthcare services, affordability, and cultural acceptance under certain circumstances, effectiveness than their modern counterparts has caused a large percentage of the population to rely mostly on plant based traditional medicines for their primary health care needs. These factors and a growing interest in the use of natural products and folk medicine have resulted to an increase in the demand for medicinal plants [42]. This increase in demand puts a threat on natural resources. Knowledge on the use of medicinal plants is enormous but if this is not rapidly researched and recorded, indications are that it will be lost with succeeding generations [17]. Medicinal plant is defined as any substance with one or more of its organ containing substances Correspondence: that can be used for therapeutic purposes or which can be used as precursors for the synthesis S.R.P. Rajeev [37, 38] Unit of Siddha Medicine, University of antimicrobial drugs . It is estimated that there are about 250,000 – 500,000 species of [4] of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. plants on earth , of which a relatively small percentage (1-10%) of these are used for Email: [email protected] ~ 22 ~ International Journal of Herbal Medicine food by humans and animals. It is possible that more serve 2. Materials and methods medicinal purposes [23] of which a relatively small percentage (1- 2.1 Study site: he study was carried out in Sillalai, Jaffna, located 10%) of these are used for food by humans and animals. It is in the place is situated in Northern Province, Sri Lanka, its possible that more serve medicinal purposes [23]. Medicinal plants geographical coordinates are 9°47'0" North latitude and 79°57'0" contain numerous biologically active compounds such as East longitude and its original name (with diacritics) is Sillalai. It carbohydrates, proteins, enzymes, fats and oils, minerals, vitamins, is distanced approximately 16 km from Jaffna and 2 km from alkaloids, quinones, terpenoids, flavonoids, carotenoids, sterols, Pandateruppu. It is bounded on the North by Mathagal, on the East simple phenolic glycosides, tannins, saponins, polyphenols, to by Pandateruppu, on the South by Chulipuram and on the West by mention a few which have medicinal activities. part of the Mathagal coasted area. The area has rich soil and bright Therefore the documentation of the traditional therapeutic know- sunlight, and important natural resources which are abundantly how could lead to the discovery of new drugs as well as contribute available in this region and responsible for the development of rich to the conservation, sustainable management and use of plant vegetation having variable medicinal properties [14]. resources. Ethnobotanical investigations have been reported for parts of Northern Province of Sri Lanka but no investigation has Geographical coordinates: 9°47'0" North, 79°57'0" East [14] ever been carried out in Sillalai, Jaffna. It is therefore necessary to Geographical location: Northern, Sri Lanka, Asia [14] carry out a survey to document the plants used for medicinal Original name: Sillalai (figure. 1, 2) purposes in Sillalai, Jaffna. In Sillalai mostly peasant farmers who grow vegetables, rice and betel as cash crops and some deal with fishing also. Fig 1: Location of Sillalai, Jaffna in Sri Lanka [14] Fig 2: Location of Sillalai, Jaffna in Sri Lanka [14] 2.2 Data collection other station for various reasons therefore Traditional Medical In order to assess the consumption of indigenous medicinal plants, Practitioners (TMP's) generations were the main informants in the survey was carried out during the year, 2012 in the areas of Sillalai, survey. The information on medicinal uses of the indigenous plants Jaffna district in Northern Province, Sri Lanka. To get maximum has been described after gathering it from local people, experienced information the survey was widened diagonally during the aged rural folk, traditional herbal medicine practitioners, local following rainy season. herbal drug sellers and the information collected from the available Sillalai have so many famous Traditional Medical Practitioners in literature. A total of 215 inhabitants were interviewed. Randomly twenty years ago. Their families and generations are displaced to people were selected of which 110 men and 105 women of age 35 ~ 23 ~ International Journal of Herbal Medicine and above were interviewed in their local language, that is, Tamil. from the root (Patricia et al., 2006). (Sankaranarayanan, In addition, direct plant observation and identification was done 2008) with the help of local healers known as ‘Maruthuvar’. Author also as a Doctor and have enough knowledge about medicinal plants in The total number of medicinal plants followed by trees (22.7%), Sri Lanka. Plants recorded in the results were mentioned by at least shrubs (19.7%), and climbers making up the remaining 15%. The two TMP's as treating the same disease in order to confirm its use. leaves were the most commonly used plant part followed by the Fertile specimens of the plants were collected in the field using aerial parts of herbs (30.7%), Creepers-7.3%, Cacti-1.3%, Aquatic standard botanic methods [31]. Together with the TMP's. The plants -2.3% and parasitic plants- 1% collected specimens were identified at the National Herbarium in Whole plant -31%, Root - 37.7%, Leaves-53.7%, Seed-14%, Fruit- Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and voucher 15.7%, Bark-6.7%, Bulb-1%, Stem-0.7%, Oil-3.3%, Salt-1%, specimens were deposited at the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Flower-3%, Latex-1.7%, Tuber-5.3% and Rhizome-2.3% were Garden, Sri Lanka. Voucher specimen numbers along with other plant parts used in medical preparations. details are given in and the collected data contains the list of plants Many plants have multiple medicinal uses and many diseases are of different families with their traditional uses, plant parts used and treated using a combination of more than one plant. Decoctions their mode of administration which are listed in alphabetical order. were the most common method of preparation and most of the medicines are administered orally with topical administration in the 3. Results & Discussion case of skin diseases or wounds. A total of 300 medicinal plant species from 27 families 60 rare Medicinal plants were harvested from the wild, from farms and medicinal plants and 01 first identified Medicinal plant in Sri fallows and some home gardens. From the list of medicinal plants, Lanka used for treating most of all health problems were identified 27.3% are cultivated exclusively for medicinal purposes and in the survey. The most represented plant family in the list of domesticated crops and fruits from farms, fallows or grown in medicinal
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